New MacBook Pro Model?

Would love some advice, feedback and thoughts on the new just released Macbook Pro's.
I have a late 2008 15" unibody 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with higher end dedicated graphics card option. Looking to purchase a new MacBook Pro. You ask...What do I use it the Mac For?
Documents, powerpoint/keynote, numbers, loads of itunes, Djay, surf the net..etc
Love to edit video but usually simply use imovie. Thought I would get into Final Cut for work but have rarely used it. Never had the time to learn. Have used BoinxTV but not often. Probably have switched to the dedicated graphics card maybe 12 times.
Not sure I still need the higher model? Might miss the screen size but I did have an old white MacBook and liked that baby.
What is your advice? Base model? Upgrade the Ram or Hard Drive? Go solid state or Seagate hybrid? Or wait for that technology to come down to reality on the price.
Go stock and leave it alone.
Big question...Jump to the 13-inch: 2.7 GHz 2.7GHz dual-core or base model?
Intel Core i7...worth the price jump?
Love to here your suggestions Mac friends
Tig

Welcome to the forum,
Actually, we’re not supposed to speculate here although I wouldn’t look for the OS this year. It’s pretty certain we’ll see updates before then although the current OS is pretty darn cool and very full-featured for us picky Mac owners. You can wait or jump on now and learn a lot. “The only thing that’s constant is change itself”.
Regards,
2.16 MBP (FW 1.0.1) Week-12 build Mac OS X (10.4.6) G4 Tower (OS 9/10), Dell 620 WorkStation (XP Pro), Gateway P4 (XP Home)

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nourmorad wrote:
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